1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

1 March 1980

30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered319,137
Turnout80.41%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader M. D. R. Ramachandran
Party DMK INC(I)
Seats before 3 2
Seats won 14 10
Seat change Increase11 Increase8
Popular vote 27.73% 23.92%

CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

M. D. R. Ramachandran
DMK

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in March 1980, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.[1][2] The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote and the most seats, and M. D. R. Ramachandran was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[3][4]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam68,03027.7314+11
Indian National Congress (Indira)58,68023.9210+8
Janata Party22,8929.333–4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)4,9442.021+1
Others64,77826.4000
Independents26,00110.602–1
Total245,325100.00300
Valid votes245,32595.60
Invalid/blank votes11,2784.40
Total votes256,603100.00
Registered voters/turnout319,13780.41
Source: ECI[5]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Muthialpet78.09%G. Palani Raja DMK7,39663.71%A. V. Vaithilingam AIADMK3,45629.77%3,940
2Cassicade72.91%V. Kathirvelu INC(I)3,94851.63%Ansari P. Duraisamy JP1,71622.44%2,232
3Raj Bhavan65.46%L. Joseph Mariadass DMK1,88045.92%V. Subbiah CPI1,08226.43%798
4Bussy73.12%C. M. Achraff INC(I)2,89869.36%R. P. Joseph AIADMK71617.14%2,182
5Oupalam77.39%Sitha Vedanayagam DMK5,41970.06%C. N. Parthasarathy AIADMK2,17728.14%3,242
6Orleampeth75.61%Na. Manimaran Alias Na. Marimuthu DMK5,72159.70%P. K. Loganathan AIADMK2,82029.43%2,901
7Nellithope77.64%P. Ramalingam DMK4,01953.80%B. Manimaran AIADMK2,11028.25%1,909
8Mudaliarpet82.30%V. Kothandaraman Sababathy INC(I)5,25848.39%M. Manjini CPI2,95027.15%2,308
9Ariankuppam81.94%P. Subbarayan DMK5,90057.57%M. Pandurangan AIADMK3,62835.40%2,272
10Embalam83.58%G. Murugesan INC(I)5,03368.30%N. Ramajayam AIADMK1,77324.06%3,260
11Nettapakkam89.86%R. Subbaraya Gounder JP4,20149.89%V. Vaithilingam INC(I)4,07648.40%125
12Kuruvinatham88.52%M. A. Shanmugam DMK3,73842.59%K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi JP2,72531.05%1,013
13Bahour84.08%P. Uthiravelu JP4,15451.40%A. Ramamurthy CPI2,56231.70%1,592
14Thirubuvanai79.81%P. Cattavarayane INC(I)6,00172.08%D. Annamalai AIADMK2,26927.26%3,732
15Mannadipet89.22%D. Ramachandran DMK5,59861.09%S. Manickavachakan AIADMK3,56638.91%2,032
16Ossudu80.70%P. Murthy DMK5,12266.48%K. Dhakshinamurthy AIADMK2,37430.82%2,748
17Villianur82.20%M. Venugopal DMK3,81044.23%S. Sellappan Alias Meenakshisundaram AIADMK3,06535.58%745
18Ozhukarai84.39%G. Perumal Raja DMK5,49365.98%R. Somasimdara AIADMK2,68532.25%2,808
19Thattanchavady78.86%V. Pethaperumal JP4,82448.85%N. Kandeban CPI2,55425.86%2,270
20Reddiarpalayam76.53%Renuka Appadurai INC(I)5,40952.49%N. Gurusamy CPI2,51624.42%2,893
21Lawspet82.88%M. O. H. Farook INC(I)8,98078.68%G. Gopalakrishnan AIADMK2,12618.63%6,854
22Cotchery84.62%G. Panjavarnam DMK4,13349.93%T. Subbaiya Independent2,50430.25%1,629
23Karaikal North68.80%V. M. Salih Maricar Independent4,77855.25%M. Jembulingam JP2,19425.37%2,584
24Karaikal South78.17%S. Savarirajan INC(I)4,86764.40%S. Ramassamy AIADMK2,21829.35%2,649
25Neravy T R Pattinam83.00%V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK5,31557.35%V. M. C. Varada Pillai AIADMK3,95342.65%1,362
26Thirunallar84.00%N. V. Ramalingam DMK3,57344.44%A. Soundararengam AIADMK3,40042.29%173
27Nedungadu83.45%M. Chandirakasu INC(I)4,98165.23%P. Natesan AIADMK1,75122.93%3,230
28Mahe77.20%K. V. Raghavan CPI(M)2,63848.17%C. V. Sulaiman Hajee Independent2,17439.70%464
29Palloor80.07%N. K. Sachindranath INC(I)2,56745.89%A. V. Sreedharan INC(U)2,46744.10%100
30Yanam87.41%Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu Independent2,43348.43%Abdul Khader Jeelani Mohammed INC(I)2,16543.09%268

See also

References

  1. "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 5th election: 1980 .. The DMK was the single-largest party ... The Congress won 10 seats ... (and) formed a coalition that continued in power for three years, with M.D.R. Ramachandran of DMK as chief minister.
  2. "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1980" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. Debjani Dutta (28 March 2021). "Big trouble in little Puducherry". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022. MDR Ramachandran govt of the DMK assumed charge on January 16, 1980, fell on June 24, 1983
  4. "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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